How 100 hospitals switched to pen and paper to defeat a national cyber-attack
For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.
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"It was quite an unpleasant experience, because an IT record is not just a list of patients."
— Oana Goidescu , Academic
"When we saw the system would not be repaired quickly, we developed an offline method so we could register every patient."
— Vlad Paic , Academic
Key People
Cyber-chief at Romania's national cyber-security centre.
Head of communications at the national cyber-security centre.
Surgeon at Buzău Hospital involved in the response to the cyber-attack.
Doctor at Carol Davila Hospital who developed offline methods during the incident.
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For four days, dozens of Romanian hospitals went offline, as cyber-experts sought to defeat the hackers.
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